Our modern lives pull us in many directions. Continually trying to prove ourselves, we attempt to be good at everything. This leads us down a path where we perform many tasks but never excel at one particular endeavor. Not many of us set out to become average, but that is exactly where we end up by saying Yes to every request. At the pinnacle of her professional life, Anne Marie Fauvel made a choice to begin saying No to most requests and start saying Yes to only those things she truly wanted to pursue. Turns out that saying No is very powerful and freeing. “Saying No opened up opportunities that would not have materialized if I had been saying yes to everything.” One event that most would consider inconsequential changed the trajectory of Fauvel’s life. “Poking my head into a honey bee colony changed my life.” Fauvel was teaching environmental …